acquire.
To get.
Meaning & usage
To get.
To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
to acquire a skill
to acquire decent habits and manners
To become affected by an illness.
To sample signals and convert them into digital values.
To begin tracking a mobile target with a particular detector or sight, generally with the implication that an attack on the target thereby becomes possible.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English acqueren, from Old French aquerre, from Latin acquirō; ad- + quaerō (“to seek for”). See quest.
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